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The Taoiseach also insisted the coalition government is ‘very strong’ when asked about the next general election.

The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 for his fourth novel The Bee Sting.

Escalating costs have cast a shadow over the redevelopment of the derelict GAA ground in west Belfast.

His brother Harry is due to pay his own tribute to their mother later.

Rishi Sunak definitively ruled out the prospect of holding a general election on the same day as the local elections.

Angela Rayner’s intervention follows a racism row relating to remarks made by major Tory donor Frank Hester about former Labour MP Diane Abbott.

The backdrops – rescued from a bin – were auctioned to help a Palestinian aid charity.

The shadow housing secretary said there had been ‘no capital gains tax to pay’ on the 2015 property sale.

Umran Ali Javaid, a mature student, will set off from Glasgow in a second-hand ambulance equipped with a portable neonatal ventilator.

Heriot-Watt University hopes the initiative will help to reduce medical waste.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson voiced opposition to a major rewrite of the rules of powersharing in Northern Ireland.

The satellite signal was interfered with for about 30 minutes while the flight was heading back to the UK from Poland, it is understood.

The Department for Education is encouraging working parents to act now to secure a place at their preferred childcare provider.

Mark Drakeford on his plans for the future, Labour’s chances at a general election and his biggest regrets ahead of stepping down next week.

The Sinn Fein vice president said she intended to raise the conflict in Gaza with President Joe Biden when they meet during St Patrick’s Day events.

The victim, a man in his 50s, was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

The comments come as a recent poll put the SNP level with Labour in Scotland.

The move comes following concerns that the Royal Marsden does not have a children’s intensive care unit.

The deputy party leader said she shared the ‘frustration’ that independent inquiries into Labour members were taking a long time.

Dame Priti Patel said the Government’s asylum accommodation is in need of reform and there are ‘serious questions’ to be asked of the Home Office.